Moving in Norwood between November and April
From November 15 through April 1, no vehicle may stay more than two hours on a Norwood street or in a town lot between midnight and 6 a.m. Someone who needs a car on the street overnight in winter can ask the General Manager's office at Town Hall for an overnight permit. Snow adds a second rule: a vehicle that gets in the way of plowing can be towed at the owner's cost, under town by-law Article XII, Section 30, and nobody may push snow from a driveway into the street or onto the sidewalk.
Plowing usually starts once 2 to 3 inches cover the streets. The DPW aims for bare main streets within four hours after a storm ends, and says side streets and cul-de-sacs can take longer (Snow and Ice Policy). If your move is the morning after a storm on a dead-end street, expect us a little later, and clear the driveway before we come.
What the trash will not take
Mattresses, box springs and textiles are banned from Massachusetts landfills, transfer stations and waste-to-energy plants, so they stay out of the trash cart. Norwood takes mattresses at the Winter Street facility on Saturdays, three a week, if they are dry and clean, and clothes and linens go to the textile boxes at every school. Latex paint is not collected: let it dry out with kitty litter or sawdust, then the can goes in the trash. Paint thinner, propane and other hazardous waste wait for one of the town's two collection mornings a year at Winter Street. Our crews do not load flammable liquids, propane or gasoline, so plan for them before moving day.
The Re-Use-It Swap Shop at Winter Street takes things in working order but refuses mattresses, upholstered furniture, particle board and kit furniture, appliances and TVs. From December through March it opens only the first Saturday of the month.
What the bill covers, and what it does not
A Norwood move stays inside Massachusetts, so it runs under our state license, MA DPU 31854. Basic coverage is included and pays 60 cents per pound per article, which is far less than most things are worth; Full Value Protection costs extra. Damage to boxes you packed yourself is covered only with Full Value Protection. A local deposit is refunded when you cancel with 7 days' notice, and paying cash takes 5% off the bill.
Your first weeks in Norwood
Trash goes out weekly and recycling every other week, carts at the curb by 7 a.m. The Town Clerk mails the annual census in January and asks for it back within ten days; if you arrive later in the year, ask the office for a form, since the reply is how the town confirms residency. To use Winter Street at all, register your car first, then take the registration to the DPW for the sticker, which costs nothing.
